Redon

In his later career, Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916) turned from dark, dreamlike visions to vibrant floral still lifes. This digital exhibition presents seven of these works that showcase Redon's extraordinary use of color, each an Open Access image shared by museums across the US. Working in oil and pastel, Redon depicted luminous blooms arranged in vases that he set against mottled, atmospheric backgrounds. His botanical studies are bold explorations of color and composition, nature and artifice. Redon's bouquets, hovering in space, feel both strange and strangely familiar, beautiful and uncanny.

Les Fleurs

A cylindrical vase with blotches of blue and red holds a bouquet of anemones in red, white, purple, orange, and yellow.

Still Life with Anemones

ca. 1900–10

Oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bequest of Bruce B. Dayton

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A white vase with a floral motif that holds a bouquet of bright red, white, blue, and yellow flowers against a nondescript background.

Vase of Flowers (Pink Background)

ca. 1906

Oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mabel Choate, in memory of her father, Joseph Hodges Choate, 1958

A small vase filled with red, blue, and white flowers pictured against a nondescript background.

Flowers in a Vase

ca. 1910

Oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

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A white vase against a nondescript, orangish red background, holds a large bouquet of multi-colored flowers.

ca. 1905

Oil on fabric

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Roberta Holden Bole

Bouquet of Flowers

Still Life with Flowers

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